rtbadmin, Author at CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

RTB partners on alert over the spread of Banana Bunchy Top Disease in West Africa

Posted on August 15, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) of plantains and bananas is caused by a destructive virus which is very difficult to eradicate. While it has already been detected in at least 14 African countries, its impact in the affected regions is drastic: diseased plants are severely stunted and do not produce fruits. “BBTD has the potential […]

Joint RTB-Kansas State University Seed Degeneration Project among BREAD Ideas Challenge Winners

Posted on August 12, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

In January 2013, researchers from RTB and Kansas State University (KSU) began work on developing computational models to support strategies for better seed degeneration management–and an important focus of research for RTB. Sara Thomas, a post-doctoral researcher with Karen Garrett, Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at KSU, was declared one of the winners of the BREAD […]

Interactive tool maps out world of bananas, potatoes and cassava

Posted on August 8, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

Through an interactive mapping system, scientists and agricultural professionals can now visualize the world of roots, tubers and bananas. Using 25 categories, RTBMaps paints a complex picture of global production zones. With the click of a mouse, users may create a specialized map that compares plantain harvest zones to mean temperature, cassava to mealybug presence, or potatoes […]

Cirad and CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) formalize global partnership

Posted on August 7, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

French Agricultural Research Centre Joins Global Alliance to Promote Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food Security and Income Lima, Peru/Montpellier, France, 7 August 2013 – The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (Cirad) was confirmed as the newest partner of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), becoming a new strategic […]

ILAC maps RTB research networks to guide innovation processes

Posted on August 6, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

To strengthen the effectiveness of RTB partnerships, the Institutional Learning and Change Initiative (ILAC) has analyzed the research program’s networks in order to track and guide their evolution as the program moves forward. The report, titled “Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas”, […]

RTB publishes first annual report

Posted on July 16, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

Teaming Up for Greater Impact is the title of the first RTB Annual Report, which documents the initial steps taken to consolidate the CGIAR Research Program during 2012 and highlights some of the achievements of its first year. Though it can be a challenge to coordinate collaboration among research centers and their partners on several […]

Online mapping tool for analysis and planning receives international award

Posted on July 10, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

RTBMaps – a web-based GIS (Geographic Information Systems) tool to help planners visualize data and analyze options for using roots, tubers and bananas to improve food security, nutrition and income – has been selected for a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award, presented today at the 2013 Esri International User Conference. A collaboration of the […]

In Cameroon, a dynamic cassava value chain with weaknesses

Posted on June 27, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

By Dominique Dufour Cameroon has a long agricultural tradition: of its 20 million people, 8 million live in rural areas, mainly from agricultural activities. I had the opportunity to go there in May under the Development Agreement and Debt Reduction in Cameroon “C2D” on a scientific and technical mission to support a proposed cassava project […]

Au Cameroun, une filière manioc dynamique mais à valoriser

Posted on June 25, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

Le Cameroun possède une longue tradition agricole : sur les 20 millions d’habitants que compte le pays, 8 millions vivent en zone rurale, principalement d’activités agricoles. J’ai eu l’occasion de m’y rendre au mois de mai dernier dans le cadre du Contrat de Développement et de Désendettement au Cameroun « C2D », avec une mission d’expertise scientifique et […]

Developing an RTB seed system framework

Posted on June 20, 2013 (October 10, 2019)

RTB seed systems are notoriously tricky because their vegetatively propagated seed is bulky and perishable. Getting improved varieties quicker to farmers and improving seed quality to raise yields can result in big impacts. Surprisingly, despite many RTB seed interventions, there is no systematic analysis about what works and what does not. So whilst innovative approaches […]

“Game changing technologies” needed to fight cassava diseases

Posted on June 13, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

Alarming outbreaks of two devastating cassava diseases in Africa have prompted an alliance of experts to make an unprecedented international commitment to tackle them. Members of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) announced plans for the sweeping set of measures to impede the spread of the flesh-eating cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic […]

Global Musa Expert Workshop: Production constraints, yield gaps, and research strategies for smallholder banana production

Posted on June 11, 2013 (September 26, 2019)

As part of the multi-crop priority assessment exercise coordinated by RTB, the Global Musa Expert Workshop took place in Kampala, Uganda, last April. Here are the major outcomes of the meeting, which was co-hosted by NARO, IITA, Bioversity and CIAT. A quantitative estimates of average farmer yield and yield variability for the five major cultivar […]

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